The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-02-05

c. n. Spencer, and few TO avail
themselves of Mr.. Dan. Fosters
hospitality.
During the day visit was made
to Pahala, but as the full particulars
of the damage done here has already
been published, it is needless to re-
peat it. One extraordinary thing
was the overturning of large water
tank at the Hawaiian Agricultural
Mill. This tank contains $4,000
gallons of water, and is supported
by tressel-work frame of large
tlmbers, about 80 feet high. AT the
time of the earthquake the tank was
about half full of water, and it is sup
posed that the rocking Of the earth
caused the water to wash to and fro,
cant over, and so came to the
ground. Beyond this little, or no
other damage is done to the mill.
The many reports published are
exaggerated on this particular sub
ject. The house said to be demo-
lished at Punaluu, is damaged but
very little-only one corner of it
being shifted few inches from the
foundation.
At A. NJ. ON Monday, the follow
ing party, accompanied by a guide,
started for the flow Emma A.
Wall, Maggie T. Morgan, Alice
Chaplin, M. s. Blum. s. Savidge,
ST., S. Savidge, Jr., J. Gonsalves,
f. c. Clarke, Willie Smith and j.
G.. Clevior. On the road, halt was
made at Honuapo. Here, enquiries
were set ON foot as to the damage
done by the earthquake, but be-
yond the destruction of the stone
fences no injury was report
ed. "But," said u friend, chad
the shock lasted two seconds more,
every house in the place would have
been levelled to the ground" Z"
At Naalehu no damage was done
beyond the throwing down of stone
fences and the removal of large
boulders from embankments, the
demolition reported at Waiohinu is
trifling, but the shocks of earth
quake were severely felt. Waiohinu
is a neat, clean, and thrifty hamlet,
having several very fine residences,
and quite number of business
houses, including an auction mart,
and a large skating rink, the latter
being crowded at the time of our
visit. At this town we met Mr.. +.
l.. Clarke and Mr.. SEVERN, who,
with their servants, guides, and
train of pack mules, were about to
start for the source of the outflow.
From this point to the ranch of Mr..
G. w. G. Jones, Kahuku, the road
lay through lava and rolling plains.
At A =. NJ. the party reached Mr..
Jones', and was warmly received by
that gentleman and his good wife,
who did everything in their power
to make everyone comfortable. 1t
was the intention of the party to
visit the source of the outflow, after
rest, but owing to a heavy
thunder-storm,a accompanied by rain,
the idea was abandoned. But early
the following morning (Tuesday),
the flow was visited. Here n good
view was obtained of the steaming,
burning lava-a flow covering the
ground for 10 miles in length, and
about 5 miles in width, and lay in
places from 800 to 400 feet in
depth. From the time of the COM
mencement of the flow until it
reached the waters edge, only six
teen hours elapsed, and it is esti-
mated that ut some places the lava
travelled at the rate of 20 miles an
hour. This will give the reader
some idea OF the magnitude of the
outpour when it will be remembered
that 1t only broke out on the 18th
January. The distance from Mr..
Jones' to the source is about 8
miles, and in this distance many
dangers are met with. The vegeta-
tion, in many places, being so dense,
that progress is slow, tedious and
exceedingly dangerous. At the
summit the lava issues from an
opening almost the size of Punch
bowl, and already wall of lava 40
to 60 feet high is formed around the
outflow, and instead of the lava now
flowing towards the sea, it is accu-
mulating and forming a mountain
rround the pit. Mr.. w. f. Rowell,
who visited the source on the 23rd,
describes the lava as coming from a
crack about Is feet wide and from
40 to GO feet in length.
On Wednesday night, only two
jets of lava could be seen ut the
source, and even there, were lessen
ing in brilliancy, owing probably to
the wall constantly forming around
the lava increasing in height.
Though the lava is diminishing
rapidly, it is the opinion of many
old residents of Hawaii that flows
from other sources will burst out
shortly, as large volumes of smoke
can be seen issuing from various
places on Mauna Loa, especially at
Mokuaweoweo, which was first OBJ
served on Wednesday.
Light shocks of earthquakes were
frequently felt at Kahuku during
our STAY. and also at Punaluu.